The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has refuted claims that Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, was moved from the Ikoyi custodial centre to its facility in Kirikiri, Lagos State.
Bobrisky, who was sentenced to six months in prison for Naira abuse, was reportedly transferred to Kirikiri Prison last weekend. However, an NCoS official clarified that Bobrisky was still held in the Ikoyi prison.
The official, speaking anonymously, stated that Bobrisky did not commit a capital offence to warrant his transfer to a maximum prison, where inmates serving life and death sentences are usually kept.
The official explained, "Bobrisky has not been moved, he is still here in Ikoyi. He was not sentenced to death and didn’t get a life sentence either. Those people sentenced to death and given life sentences are mostly kept in the maximum prison. That is mostly based on capital punishment. As for Bobrisky, he didn’t commit a capital offence, so why would they take him to Kirikiri."
Additionally, there are plans to move some inmates across custodial centres in the state for decongestion, but these plans are still being proposed.
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